If progress in Africa could be measured by the frequency of elections, the continent might already be nearing Olympian form.
This year, 15 countries are scheduled to go to the polls compared with just two in 1990. The process and how it is conducted will be critical for Sudan, Ivory Coast, and Burundi, to name three potential flashpoints in sub-Saharan Africa where there is much more at stake than results.
Elections, however, have proved no panacea. The causes of conflict in Africa stubbornly persist and the political leadership in many countries remains wanting.
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